The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th August 2009

There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th August 2009. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Introduce former husband to model
AAcross 4:	Could Cockney sound grand?
AAcross 9:	Corrupt CIA men ran cartel from Nicaragua, perhaps
AAcross 10:	Start to bedizen jumper with chain and ornamental clasp
AAcross 11:	Canada used to provide habitat for one short snake
AAcross 12:	Delightful fruit tree almost in bloom
AAcross 12:	Delightful fruit tree almost in bloom
AAcross 14:	Gunshots from a drab outlying part of London
AAcross 15:	Gutless FSA must ultimately tackle wealthy banker, for example
AAcross 18:	Shami at Liberty pens letter to provoke leaders
AAcross 21:	Little prince gets animal virus
AAcross 22:	VIP initially bet £1,000 and won £1,000
AAcross 24:	Protection from the elements when poor frigate founders
AAcross 25:	Writer's art really captivated philosopher
AAcross 26:	Incentive to swap rubbish vehicle
DDown 1:	At far end of the Bowery vagrant is a minor feature!
DDown 2:	An animal, not a vegetable
DDown 3:	Catastrophic mass turn to right after crash
DDown 3:	Catastrophic mass turn to right after crash
DDown 5:	In charge of opening up the polar regions?
DDown 6:	House originally insisted no one supports voting for the masses
DDown 7:	When the old French actress first stripped off?
DDown 8:	Gunners put French international up front where there's lots of empty space
DDown 13:	In possession of mescal, a torturous way of getting high
DDown 16:	Alternative stock market's not so unpredictable
DDown 17:	Perhaps Fourth Programme — a long-standing BBC production	TOPGEAR
DDown 18:	High points following cross misunderstandings
DDown 19:	Secretly felling a tree
DDown 20:	It protects one's thatch from the rain storm
DDown 23:	Assistant making sportsman lose weight